Thursday, June 6

Isosceles Triangle Proof

In an isosceles triangle, two sides are equal in length. An isosceles triangle also has two angles of the same measure; namely, the angles opposite to the two sides of the same length; this fact is the content of the Isosceles triangle theorem. Some mathematicians define isosceles triangles to have only two equal sides, whereas others define that an isosceles triangle is one with at least two equal sides. The latter definition would make all equilateral triangles isosceles triangles. (Source : WIKIPEDIA)

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Things need to remember for Proofs of isosceles triangle:


For proving isosceles triangle we need to know the following information about  isosceles triangle,
There are two types of isosceles triangles,
1.Normal isosceles triangle
2.Right isosceles triangle.

Properties:
Properties of parts of  isosceles triangle:
1.The two sides of the isosceles tringles are equal.
2.Two base angles has same measure.
3. Angle ratio of the right isosceless triangle is   45:90:45.
4.The side ratio of the isosceles triangle is  1:1:`sqrt(2)`

Problems on isosceles triangle proof:

Problem 1:
Prove that the following triangle is isosceles triangle.

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Proof:
Given , The angle We know that the sum of the angles are 180.
So 100 + x +x = 180
      100 + 2x = 180
Subtract 100 0n both sides.
    2x =180 -100
    2x = 80
Divide by x on both sides,
 x = 40
The base anles are equal two 40 .
According to the properties of isosceles triangle,we can determine that the given triangle is isosceles triangle.
Hence the proof.

Problem 2:
Prove that the triangle with the sides 5 : 5 : 5`sqrt(2)` is an isosceles right triangle triangle.
Proof:
Given,The sides of the triangle is 5 , 5 ,5`sqrt(2)`
We know that in a right Angle triangle,the hypotenuse is greater then the legs and it satisfies the pythagorean theorem,
5`sqrt(2)` > 5 , 5
52+52 = (5`sqrt(2)` )2
25+25 = 25 *2
50 = 50
So the given sides satisfies the pythagoren theorem.So we can say that it is a right triangle.
The given sides are in the ratio of 1:1:`sqrt(2)`
so the given triangle is isosceles triangle.
Hence the proof.

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